Railroad rail, joint, brace, and anticreeping device



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' E. MATUSZEWSKI I RAILROAD RAIL, JOINT, BRACE, AND ANTICREEPING DEVICEFiled March 24 1923 2 SheeiB -Sheet 1 EMwZzw-z alas/37v" INVENTOR June3, 1924. 1,496,722

E. MATUSZEWSKI RAILROw RAIL, JOINT, BEACH, AND ANTICREEPING DEVICE FiledMarch 24. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet z I E! MZu-S J INVENTOR M v WITNESSF8Patented June 3, 1924.

umlro I QFFI EDWARD MATUSZEWSKI, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Application filed March 24,1923. Serial No. 627,409.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD MATUsznwsin, a citizen of, Poland, residingat Southbridge, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Railroad Rail, Joint,Brace, and Ant-icreeping Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to railroad tracks andhas for its object theprovision of a novel rail joint, brace and anti-creeping means, the railbeing furthermore of such construction that its tread portion isdetachably connected with the web of the base portion so that the treadmay be replaced when worn without disturbing the remainder of thestructure.

An additional object is the provision of a structure of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to install,eflicient and durable in service and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention.consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a rail constructed in accordance with myinvention and equipped with the anti-creeping means.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a cross section showing the anti-creeping means inelevation.

Figure 4: is a cross section taken centrally through the creepingpreventing device.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section.

Figure 6 is a detail cross section.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the numeral 10 designates atie and the numeral 11 designates a rail which is shown as consisting ofone section including a base 12 and web 13 which has its upper edgeformed with a groove, .V-shaped in cross section as shown at 14. Therail shown includes a tread 15 formed at one edge with a dependingflange 16 engaging against one side of the web, and which. is formedwith a V-shaped projection 17 at its underside fitting within theV-shaped groove 14 in the other portion of the rail.

In order to secure this detachable tread portion in place, I providescrews 18 which are passed through smooth bored holes 19 in the upperportion of the web and which engage within. threaded holes 20 in the V-shaped projection 17 of the tread.

The rail 11' is here shown as formed of two sections with the treadmember 15 overlapping the joint in the base members though it should ofcourse be understood that the tread member need not overlap the jointbut may have its sections coincident therewith. 'For holding the meetingends of the rail sections together, I provide a connector 21 which ishere shown as formed of a single casting and which includes a centralweb 22 disposed between the meeting ends of the rail sections, and whichfurther includes lateral flanges 23 which bear against the outsides ofthe web and base portions of the rail sections. This connector 21 isdisposed between the meeting ends of the rail sections and it has itsupper edge V-shaped, as shown at 24, to form a continuation of theV-shaped groove 14 of the rail sections.

The anti-creeping means consists of a plate 26 formed integrally uponthe con nector 21 and provided at one end with spaced dependingsharpened prongs 27 adapted to be driven into the tie. At its other endthe plate is formed with upwardly inclined braces 28 which engageagainst the rail near the upper portion thereof. This plate 26 isprovided centrally with a depending projection 29 which engages betweenadjacent ties. The rail is of course spiked down in the usual manner andthe anti -creeping device is so placed with respect to the rail that itsside portions rest upon adjacent ties with the pro jection 29 extendingbetween the ties, which arrangement will positively; prevent anymovement of the plate member 26.

In the use of the device it will be seen that the rail is positively andabsolutely prevented from longitudinal creeping and that the platemembers 26 have the additional function. of assisting the ordinaryspikes in preventing lateral displacement of the rail. It is also to benoted that the tread portion of the rail maybe removed when worn andreplaced so that the life of the track-way may be greatly prolongedwithout necessitating entire replacement.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form,

construction and arrangement of parts as Wlll not depart from the spl tof the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

ing lug engaging between ties, and a connector carried by said plate andengaged between the successive rail sections.

2. A railroad rail including a plurality of rail sections arranged inend to end relation, a connector disposed at the meeting ends of twosections and including a Web portion disposed between the sect-ions andfurther including flanges bearing against the web and base portions ofthe sections,

a plate disposed upon adjacent ties and formed integrally with saidconnector and a projection on the plate fitting between adjacent ties.

3. A railroad rail including a plurality of rail sections arranged inend to end relation, a connector disposed at the meeting ends of twosections and including a Web portion disposed between the sections andfurther including flanges bearing against the web and base portions ofthe sections, a plate disposed upon adjacent ties and formed integrallywith said connector :1. projection on the plate fitting betweensuccessive ties, said plate being formed at one end with penetratingmembers driven into the ties and being formed at its other end withinclined braces engaging the rail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDl/VARD MATUSZEWSKL

